ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 2, 2025

TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS, THE SPLIT VERDICT IN THE. SEAN DIDDY COMBS TRIAL. AND LATE. TODAY, THE JUDGE DENYING BAIL. THE URGENT SEARCH FOR THE. MISSING IN A FIREWORKS DISASTER. AND SEVERE STORMS THREATEN THE. 4TH OF JULY GETAWAY. FIRST, SEAN. COMBS JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON THE. AIR LEARNING THE JUDGE HAS. REFUSED TO RELEASE HIM. HE WILL. STAY BEHIND BARS AHEAD OF HIS. SENTENCING, FACING POTENTIALLY. 20 YEARS IN PRISON. FOUND GUILTY. ON TWO PROSTITUTION COUNTS BUT. AVOIDING A POSSIBLE LIFE. SENTENCE. NOT GUILTY ON. RACKETEERING AND SEX.

TRAFFICKING. WHAT THE JUDGE. SAID. WHY HE REFUSED TO RELEASE. COMBS, CITING WHAT HE CALLS. COMBS PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE. THE REACTION TO THE VERDICT FROM. THE LAWYER OF HIS ONETIME. GIRLFRIEND, CASSIE VENTURA, SEEN. ON THAT 2016 HOTEL SECURITY. CAMERA FOOTAGE. AND THE LEGAL. PROBLEMS AHEAD FOR COMBS, INCLUDING DOZENS OF CIVIL SUITS. AARON KATERSKY FROM THE. COURTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN, THE. URGENT SEARCH FOR VICTIMS. TONIGHT AFTER A MASSIVE. EXPLOSION. LEVELS OF FIREWORKS. WAREHOUSE IN NORTHERN. CALIFORNIA. SEVEN PEOPLE STILL.

MISSING, EVACUATIONS IN PLACE, FIREWORKS SHOOTING INTO THE SKY. AND TRIGGERING MULTIPLE FIRES. MILLIONS ON THE MOVE AHEAD OF. THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, ON. WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE. BUSIEST DAYS ON THE ROADS. A. RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS. HEADING TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. BUT SEVERE WEATHER DISRUPTING. AIR TRAVEL AND THE TROPICAL. THREAT OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. LEE GOLDBERG TIMING OUT THE. FORECAST TIGHT SECURITY AMID THE. DRAMA IN AN IDAHO COURTROOM. BRYAN KOHBERGER ADMITTING TO THE. MURDERS OF FOUR COLLEGE STUDENT,

STABBING THEM TO DEATH IN AN OFF. CAMPUS HOUSE. KOHBERGER. ANSWERING YES WHEN ASKED IF HE. UNDERSTOOD THE CHARGES AGAINST. HIM, HIS PARENTS JUST FEET AWAY. THE LATE REACTION FROM THE. FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. OUR. TEAM IN THE COURTROOM. PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S MEGA BUDGET BILL HITS A. SNAG IN THE HOUSE ONE DAY AFTER. SQUEAKING BY IN THE SENATE. CAN. REPUBLICANS GET IT DONE BEFORE. THE PRESIDENT'S 4TH OF JULY. DEADLINE? MARY BRUCE FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. TERROR IN THE. WATER. A SHARK APPEARING TO. CHASE A SURFER. MOMENTS AFTER. ATTACKING HIM. OTHER SURFERS.

RACING HIM TO SAFETY. A PIECE. FROM AN AIRPLANE'S WING FOUND IN. A SUBURBAN DRIVEWAY. WHERE IT. CAME FROM. BRITAIN'S PRINCESS. KATE OPENING UP ABOUT HER CANCER. BATTLE AND HOW AMERICAN ZOOS ARE. HELPING ANIMALS BEAT THE. SCORCHING HEAT. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR. JOINING US ON A VERY BUSY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. I'M WHIT. JOHNSON IN FOR DAVID. WE BEGIN.

TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS IN. THE SEAN DIDDY COMBS TRIAL HERE. IN NEW YORK JUST A SHORT TIME. AGO. THE JUDGE DENYING COMBS. BAIL ABOUT SIX HOURS AFTER THE. JURY DELIVERED THAT SPLIT. VERDICT, FINDING THE MUSIC MOGUL. NOT GUILTY ON THE MOST SERIOUS. CHARGES OF RACKETEERING, CONSPIRACY AND SEX TRAFFICKING. THE JURY ACQUITTING HIM ON THREE. OF FIVE COUNTS, FINDING HIM. GUILTY ON LESSER CHARGES OF. TRANSPORTATION TO ENGAGE IN. PROSTITUTION. HE NOW FACES UP TO. 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON. THOSE TWO COUNTS, THE JUDGE.

SAYING HE DENIED BAIL BASED ON. COMBS PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE, MAKING HIM A DANGER TO THE. COMMUNITY. LET'S GET RIGHT TO. ABC'S CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY, LEADING US OFF FROM THE. COURTHOUSE. AARON. >> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE. GATHERED HERE OUTSIDE COURT. WITH. AND SEAN COMBS WENT FROM. ELATED TO DEFLATED TODAY. CELEBRATING THE OUTCOME OF THE. TRIAL, THEN HANGING HIS HEAD. AFTER HE LEARNED HE WOULD NOT BE. RELEASED BEFORE SENTENCING. TONIGHT. A JUDGE DENYING SEAN.

COMBS BAIL JUST HOURS AFTER A. SPLIT VERDICT, THE JURY. CONVICTING HIM OF TWO COUNTS OF. TRANSPORTING PEOPLE FOR. PROSTITUTION, BUT FINDING HIM. NOT GUILTY OF THE MOST SERIOUS. CHARGES OF RACKETEERING, CONSPIRACY AND SEX TRAFFICKING. AS THE VERDICT WAS READ EARLIER. IN THE DAY, COMBS WAS ELATED. DROPPING TO HIS KNEES IN PRAYER, HE PUT HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND. MOUTHED, THANK YOU TO THE EIGHT. MEN AND FOUR WOMEN ON THE JURY. HE THEN TURNED TO HIS FAMILY AND. SAID, I'M COMING HOME, BABY. I'M. COMING HOME. THE FAMILY BROKE. INTO APPLAUSE. HIS SON. CHRISTIAN, CELEBRATING ON THE.

STREET. >> I LOVE EVERYBODY WATCHING. SO. HAPPY. POPS COMING HOME. >> BUT NOT TONIGHT, THE JUDGE. SAID. COMBS POSES A DANGER TO. THE COMMUNITY, POINTING TO THE. DEFENSE'S OWN ADMISSION THAT. THIS WAS A CASE THAT DID HAVE. VIOLENCE. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE. ODYSSEY FOR ONE OF HIP HOP'S. BIGGEST CELEBRITIES, WHO WAS. ARRESTED IN NEW YORK LAST. SEPTEMBER AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS. RAIDED HIS OPULENT HOMES IN. MIAMI AND LOS ANGELES. THEY. SEIZED WEAPONS, DRUGS, BOXES OF. BABY OIL AND CARTONS OF. LUBRICANT THAT PROSECUTORS USED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW COMBS RAN.

A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE THAT. TRAFFICKED WOMEN, TRANSPORTED. PROSTITUTES AND COMMITTED OTHER. CRIMES WITH THE HELP OF HIS. STAFF, WHO THEY SAID SERVICED. THE DEFENDANTS EVERY DESIRE. THROUGH A METHODICAL PATTERN OF. VIOLENCE, COERCION AND. MANIPULATION. BUT THE JURY SIDED. WITH THE DEFENSE, WHICH ARGUED. PROSECUTORS BADLY, BADLY. EXAGGERATED THE CASE SO THEY. COULD CHARGE THREESOMES AS. RACKETEERING. THE 11 YEAR. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMBS AND. CASSIE VENTURA BECAME A. CENTERPIECE OF THE CASE. IN. PUBLIC. THE COUPLE SEEMED. GLAMOROUS IN PRIVATE, SHE. TESTIFIED. THERE WAS PHYSICAL.

VIOLENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA. AND DEGRADING SEX WITH MALE. ESCORTS. WHILE COMBS WATCHED, DIRECTED AND FILMED. >> CASSIE IS SATISFIED THAT SHE. DID HER PART. EVERYTHING THAT. SHE WAS ASKED TO DO. I HOPE. OTHER SURVIVORS, PEOPLE WHO ARE. SUFFERING IN SILENCE AND WHO. MIGHT BE LISTENING TO THIS. INTERVIEW, ARE NOT DETERRED FROM. COMING FORWARD, BECAUSE I DON'T. THINK, AND I KNOW, ACTUALLY, THAT CASSIE DOESN'T REGRET. ANYTHING THAT SHE DID. >> 2016 HOTEL SECURITY CAMERA. FOOTAGE CAPTURED COMBS KICKING.

AND DRAGGING VENTURA, THE. DEFENSE ARGUING IT DEPICTS. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE OWN IT. IT. HAPPENED, THE DEFENSE SAID. IT'S. NOT SEX TRAFFICKING. LATE TODAY, THE DEFENSE REACTING OUTSIDE. COURT. >> HE HAS NOT SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. ANYBODY, CERTAINLY HASN'T SEX. TRAFFICKED ANYBODY. >> AARON KATERSKY BACK WITH US. NOW FROM THE COURTHOUSE. AND. AARON, LATE TODAY, COMBS, HIS. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, WERE STILL. PLEADING WITH THE JUDGE TO. REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME HE HAS. TO SPEND BEHIND BARS. >> HIS ATTORNEYS SURE DID PLEAD. WITH THE JUDGE TO RELEASE COMBS.

ON BAIL. WITT AND COMBS LOOKED. PRETTY FRUSTRATED WHEN THE JUDGE. REFUSED. AT ONE POINT, HE RAISED. HIS HAND AS IF HE WANTED TO. ARGUE HIMSELF. THE JUDGE DID SAY. HE WOULD CONSIDER MOVING UP. SENTENCING, WHICH IS TENTATIVELY. SET FOR OCTOBER 3RD. THAT'S WHEN. COMBS FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN. PRISON, AND WITT. HE IS ALSO. FACING MORE THAN FIVE DOZEN. CIVIL LAWSUITS WITH. >> ERIC KATERSKY ON THIS CASE. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE DO. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND A. PROGRAMING NOTE HERE, THE ABC.

NEWS SPECIAL VERDICT. THE DIDDY. TRIAL AIRS TONIGHT AT 10:00. EASTERN. WE'RE FOLLOWING ANOTHER. DEVELOPING STORY RIGHT NOW, THE. MASSIVE FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SAY SEVEN. PEOPLE ARE NOW MISSING. AN. URGENT SEARCH UNDERWAY. THE. BLAST LEVELING A FIREWORKS. WAREHOUSE AND IGNITING OTHER. FIRES IN THE AREA. HERE'S ABC'S. TREVOR AULT TONIGHT. >> AUTHORITIES SAY SEVEN PEOPLE. ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR AFTER THIS. STUNNING EXPLOSION AT A. CALIFORNIA FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE. >> THERE WAS JUST A HUGE.

FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN THE. FIELD. >> THESE MASSIVE FLAMES ERUPTING. OVER AND OVER TUESDAY NIGHT IN. YOLO COUNTY OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE. DANGEROUS FIREWORKS IGNITING. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. >> 911 OPERATORS OVERWHELMED. WITH CALLS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING. THE BLAST SHOOK THEIR HOMES. >> WINDOWS RATTLED. I'M. SURPRISED THE WINDOWS DIDN'T. BREAK OUT. >> THE WAREHOUSE WAS USED FOR.

FIREWORKS STORAGE. CALIFORNIA. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE EXPLOSION. CHARRED ABOUT 80 ACRES. >> IT'S A VERY COMPLEX AND. ONGOING INCIDENT THAT HAS NOT. COMPLETELY TERMINATED OR. MITIGATED. >> TONIGHT, THE FIRE IS STILL. BURNING, AND THIS REMAINS AN. ACTIVE THREAT. WITH THE AREA. UNDER EVACUATION, INVESTIGATORS. ARE USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT TO. FIND THOSE SEVEN MISSING PEOPLE, SAYING IT'S STILL NOT YET SAFE. TO GO IN. >> HE WAS EXCITED TO BE A DAD. I'M ONLY TWO MONTHS, SO WE WERE.

JUST WAITING FOR THIS AS A NEW. OPPORTUNITY, A NEW CHAPTER. HE. SAW IT AS A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR. LIFE. >> NOW FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE. MISSING ARE VOICING THEIR. FRUSTRATION. >> WE WERE HERE SINCE YESTERDAY. AND HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY. INFORMATION, HAVE YET TO SEE ANY. EFFORT. >> WITH THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. IS NOT YET KNOWN. WE HAVE. LEARNED TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. IN THE INITIAL EXPLOSIONS. BOTH. OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. WHIT. >> TREVOR AULT FOR US. THANK. YOU. NOW TO THE SUDDEN AND. STUNNING TURN IN THE IDAHO. MURDERS CASE. AFTER INSISTING.

HIS INNOCENCE FOR NEARLY THREE. YEARS, DEFENDANT BRIAN KOHBERGER. TODAY PLEADING GUILTY TO FATALLY. STABBING FOUR STUDENTS IN AN OFF. CAMPUS HOUSE IN MOSCOW, IDAHO, IN NOVEMBER 2022. TONIGHT, MIXED. REACTIONS FROM THE VICTIM'S. FAMILIES, SOME CALLING IT. JUSTICE, BUT ANOTHER BLASTING IT. AS THE DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. HERE'S ABC'S KAYNA WHITWORTH IN. IDAHO. >> FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS, BRIAN. KOHBERGER'S LAWYERS INSISTED HE. WAS INNOCENT IN THE BRUTAL. STABBINGS OF FOUR IDAHO COLLEGE.

STUDENTS. AND TONIGHT, THAT. CHANGED AS HE ACCEPTED A PLEA. DEAL TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY. >> ARE YOU PLEADING GUILTY. BECAUSE YOU ARE GUILTY? >> YES. >> THE FORMER CRIMINOLOGY PHD. STUDENT PLEADING GUILTY TO ALL. FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE. MURDER, CONFESSING THAT HE. WILLFULLY TOOK THE LIVES OF. KAYLEE GONCALVES, MADISON MOGEN, XANA KERNODLE AND ETHAN CHAPIN. DURING THE HEARING, KOHBERGER. ABRUPTLY STANDING FROM HIS SEAT. TO EMPHATICALLY ANSWER THE. JUDGE'S QUESTIONS. >> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, THE JUDGE ASKING. HIM TO SIT. >> AND MR. COBURG, JUST TO MAKE. IT EASIER, YOU DON'T NEED TO. STAND WHEN YOU SPEAK TO ME. >> THEN GOING THROUGH THE. VICTIMS ONE BY ONE, SENDING. CHILLS THROUGH THE COURTROOM. >> DID YOU? ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2022, IN LATAH COUNTY, STATE OF. IDAHO, KILL AND MURDERED MADISON. MOGAN, A HUMAN BEING? YES. KAYLEE GONCALVES, A HUMAN BEING. >> YES. >> XANA. KERNODLE. KERNODLE. PARDON ME, A HUMAN BEING? >> YES. >> ETHAN CHAPIN A HUMAN BEING,

YES. >> LOVED ONES TEARING UP AS EACH. STUDENT'S NAME WAS READ ALOUD. AND KOHBERGER'S FATHER SHAKING. HIS HEAD IN DISBELIEF WHILE. CONSOLING HIS MOTHER OUTSIDE OF. COURT, KAYLEE GONCALVES PARENTS. SLAMMING THE DEAL. THEY SAY THEY. WANTED A FULL CONFESSION AND THE. LOCATION OF THE MURDER WEAPON, TELLING OUR ALEX STONE. >> WHEN YOU HEARD YOUR. DAUGHTER'S NAME BEING READ IN. COURT WITH THOSE DETAILS, WHAT. WAS THAT LIKE? MY DAUGHTER DOWN. WITH. >> THE FAMILY OF ETHAN CHAPIN IN. SUPPORT OF THE PLEA DEAL. AND.

TONIGHT, A LAWYER FOR MADDIE. MCGINN'S FAMILY SAYING THEY ARE. 100% BEHIND IT. >> WE TURN FROM DARKNESS AND. UNCERTAINTY OF THE LEGAL PROCESS. TO THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE. WE. HAVE CLOSURE. >> AND WIT. NEXT IS SENTENCING. IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD. IT. COULD CARRY OVER INTO THE 24TH. AT THAT HEARING, THE VICTIMS. FAMILIES WILL HAVE AN. OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT. AND THEN BRIAN KOHBERGER WILL. BEGIN SERVING FOUR CONSECUTIVE. LIFE SENTENCES WITH NO ABILITY.

TO APPEAL. >> WHAT AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN. COURT. KAYNA WHITWORTH. THANK. YOU. NOW TO THE SEVERE STORMS. AND THE GROWING TROPICAL THREAT. OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. AND. RECORD HOLIDAY TRAVEL HEADING. INTO THE LONG JULY 4TH WEEKEND. MORE THAN 61 MILLION PEOPLE ARE. EXPECTED TO HIT THE ROADS, WITH. TODAY BEING ONE OF THE BUSIEST. TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. THE TSA. SCREENING NEARLY 2.5 MILLION. PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORTS. YESTERDAY, THAT NUMBER LIKELY. HIGHER TODAY. LEE GOLDBERG WITH. THE FORECAST IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST HERE'S ABC'S STEPHANIE.

RAMOS TONIGHT. >> HIGHWAYS JAMMED COAST TO. COAST. ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS. TO TRAVEL BY CAR. >> IT'S EITHER PUTTING YOURSELF. IN THE RIGHT MINDSET OR LEAVING. VERY, VERY EARLY. >> STORMS FINALLY MOVING OUT OF. THE NORTHEAST AFTER SWAMPING. ROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW. JERSEY. LIGHTNING ROCKING NEW. ENGLAND. THE DEAFENING STRIKE. OUTSIDE BOSTON AND WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS SETTING FIRE TO A. HOME. THE STORMS FORCED MORE. THAN 1600 FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS.

TUESDAY AND MORE THAN 8000. DELAYS. SISTERS TAMMY AND. MELANIE WERE ON THEIR WAY TO. ICELAND, COMING FROM DALLAS FORT. WORTH. THEY MISSED THEIR. CONNECTION AT NEWARK AND SPENT. THE NIGHT ON THE FLOOR. >> NOW, WE COULDN'T FIND A HOTEL. ROOM ANYWHERE, AND SO THEN WE. THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S JUST PULL. UP SOME CEMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT. WE DID LAST NIGHT. >> EFFECTS FROM DELAYS AND. CANCELLATIONS EXTENDING TO THE. HALLS OF CONGRESS. WITH SO MANY. FLIGHTS CANCELED IN AND OUT OF. WASHINGTON, D.C, MEMBERS ARE. SCRAMBLING TO GET BACK TO THE. CAPITOL TO VOTE ON THE TAX BILL.

OH MY GOD. IN SAINT LOUIS, FRANTIC PASSENGERS CLIMBING DOWN. THE WING OF A UNITED EXPRESS. FLIGHT BOUND FOR CHICAGO THAT. RETURNED TO SAINT LOUIS AFTER. PILOTS REPORTED SMOKE IN THE. CABIN. IN THE WEST, MORE DUST. STORMS IN THE FORECAST AFTER A. MASSIVE CLOUD ENGULFED HARRY. REID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MULTIPLE PLANES WERE GROUNDED AS. A RESULT AND WITH AS YOU CAN. SEE, TRAFFIC IS BUSY BEHIND ME. ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE. TODAY AND SUNDAY ARE THE BUSIEST. DAYS TO TRAVEL ON THE ROAD.

SEVERE STORMS RETURNED TO THE. NORTHEAST TOMORROW WITH. >> STEPHANIE RAMOS. THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST. LEE GOLDBERG FROM OUR NEW YORK. STATION, WABC AND LEE. THOSE. SEVERE STORMS COULD HAVE A BIG. IMPACT. >> NO DOUBT WITH A DAY OFF FROM. STORMS TODAY. THE RIGHT BACK. TOMORROW WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THERE ARE. PROBLEM SPOTS THIS EVENING, FOR. INSTANCE, THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. BECAUSE THE MONSOONAL FLOW WE'VE. GOT FLOODING PARTS OF ARIZONA. REPORTS OF BLOWING DUST IN PARTS. OF TUCSON, OTHER STORMS FROM THE. NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE GREAT. LAKES. AND IT'S STILL RAINING IN.

THE MID-ATLANTIC DOWN TO THE. SOUTHEAST. AS FOR TOMORROW, AFTER A SUNNY START IN THE. NORTHEAST, WE'VE GOT STORMS. BETWEEN ABOUT THREE IN THE. AFTERNOON AND NINE IN THE. EVENING, MAYBE CLOSE TO 6:00. ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. PHILLY, NEW YORK, HARTFORD, DAMAGING. WINDS, A POSSIBILITY. AND THEN. WE GET MUCH NICER FOR THE. FOURTH. THE SOUTHEAST IS AN. ISSUE AS WELL. THERE'S A FRONT. STALLED OVER FLORIDA. IT MEANS. WAVES OF RAIN. THERE IS A SMALL. CHANCE BUT A CHANCE FOR TROPICAL. DEVELOPMENT INTO EARLY NEXT. WEEK. THEY'LL HAVE HEAVY RAINS. REGARDLESS. REST OF THE COUNTRY. IT'S HEAT AND STORMS IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. SUNSHINE. ON BOTH COASTS COULDN'T BE NICER.

WITH FOR THE MACY'S FIREWORKS. HERE IN NEW YORK. >> WE WILL TAKE THAT. LEE. GOLDBERG WE APPRECIATE IT AS. ALWAYS. THANK YOU. NOW TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MASSIVE. SPENDING AND TAX CUT BILL FACING. NEW CHALLENGES IN THE HOUSE. AFTER NARROWLY PASSING THE. SENATE, THE PRESIDENT AND. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, TRYING TO. CONVINCE HOLDOUT MEMBERS OF. THEIR OWN PARTY TO SUPPORT THE. BILL DESPITE CONCERNS OVER. MEDICAID CUTS AND ADDING. TRILLIONS TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. ABC'S MARY BRUCE, REPORTING FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, AN ALL OUT SCRAMBLE. THE PRESIDENT AND HOUSE SPEAKER.

WORKING THE PHONES AND TWISTING. ARMS. TRYING TO GET REPUBLICANS. ON BOARD WITH TRUMP'S SIGNATURE. BILL. >> WE CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE 100%. HAPPY. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. >> AT THIS HOUR. THE VOTES STILL. NOT THERE FOR THE BILL. THAT. INCLUDES ROUGHLY $4 TRILLION IN. TAX CUTS, MOSTLY FOR THE WEALTHY. AND NEW SPENDING ON IMMIGRATION. ENFORCEMENT. HARDLINE. CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS ANGRY. THAT THE BILL COULD ADD $3.4. TRILLION TO THE DEBT OVER THE. NEXT DECADE, MODERATES CONCERNED. CUTS TO MEDICAID COULD FORCE AN.

ESTIMATED 11.8 MILLION PEOPLE TO. LOSE THEIR INSURANCE. AFTER THE. BILL NARROWLY PASSED THE SENATE, THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME HE THOUGHT. IT WOULD BE EASIER IN THE HOUSE. >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THOSE. HOLDOUTS? >> IT'S A GREAT BILL. THERE IS. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, AND I. THINK IT'S GOING TO GO VERY. NICELY IN THE HOUSE, ACTUALLY. I. THINK IT WILL BE EASIER IN THE. HOUSE THAN IT WAS IN THE SENATE. TODAY. >> HE SUMMONED THE HOLDOUTS TO. THE WHITE HOUSE, OUR JAY. O'BRIEN, CATCHING UP WITH THEM. LATER. >> CONGRESSMAN, DID THE. PRESIDENT MOVE ANY VOTES TO THE. WHITE HOUSE KEEPING ALL ALL.

TODAY CLOSE TO THE VEST? DID THE. PRESIDENT MOVE YOUR VOTE? >> THE PRESIDENT WAS WAS VERY. KIND AND GIFTED IN HIS IN HIS. TALK. >> REPUBLICANS ON THE FENCE ARE. WELL AWARE. THE PRESIDENT HAS. PROMISED THERE WILL BE. CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO STAND. IN THE WAY OF HIS BILL. AND THE. SPEAKER SAYS HE REMAINS. OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL, SAYS. THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. HE. WANTS TO GET THIS DONE LATER. TONIGHT AND REMINDER WHAT THEY. CAN ONLY LOSE THREE REPUBLICAN. VOTES AND STILL PASS THIS WHIT. >> MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. WHEN. WE COME BACK TONIGHT, PRINCESS.

KATE OPENS UP ABOUT HER CANCER. BATTLE AND HOW IT'S CHANGING HER. LIFE. A SHARK ATTACKING A. TEENAGE SURFER THEN APPEARS TO. CHASE HIM AS OTHER SURFERS RACE. TO GET HIM TO SAFETY. AND PART. OF A JET'S WING FLAP TURNS UP ON. A SUBURBAN DRIVEWAY. IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW IT GOT THERE. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A TERRIFYING. SCENE ON A BEACH IN AUSTRALIA. A TEENAGE BOY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THESE IMAGES APPEARING TO SHOW A. SHARK CHASING THE BOY AS OTHER. SURFERS BRING HIM TO SAFETY. HE WAS BADLY MAULED, BITTEN.

MULTIPLE TIMES. PEOPLE ON THE BEACH APPLIED A. TOURNIQUET USING A SURFBOARD AS. A MAKESHIFT STRETCHER. THE TEEN RUSHED TO A NEARBY. HOSPITAL. >>> TONIGHT, THE FAA IS. INVESTIGATING AFTER PART OF A. WING FLAP FROM A DELTA PLANE WAS. FOUND IN A DRIVEWAY IN NORTH. CAROLINA. POLICE CALLED TO THE SCENE THIS. MORNING. DELTA FLIGHT 3247 FROM ATLANTA. TO RALEIGH-DURHAM LANDING SAFELY. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN INSPECTION LATER FINDING THE. PLANE MISSING A PIECE OF A WING. FLAP. DELTA SAYS IT IS COOPERATING. WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

>>> STILL AHEAD, PRINCESS KATE. MEETS WITH CANCER PATIENTS AND OPENS UP ABOUT HER OWN JOURNEY. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. BRITAIN'S PRINCESS OF WALES. OPENING UP ABOUT HER CANCER. BATTLE, MEETING WITH CANCER. PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT A. WELL-BEING GARDEN IN ENGLAND. KATE CALLING A CANCER DIAGNOSIS. LIFE-CHANGING, SPEAKING ABOUT. WHAT IT'S LIKE AFTER THE. TREATMENT ENDS. >> THE PHASE AFTERWARDS IS. REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY. DIFFICULT JOURNEY. YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY WITH YOUR. CLINICAL TEAM ANY LONGER, YET.

YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION. NORMALLY AT HOME AS YOU WERE. PERHAPS ONCE USED TO. >> Whit: KATE ANNOUNCED IN. JANUARY THAT SHE WAS IN. REMISSION AFTER COMPLETING CHEMO. REMISSION AFTER COMPLETING CH. CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR AN. UNDISCLOSED CANCER. >>> UP NEXT, KEEPING COOL AS THE. TEMPERATURES SOAR, HOW ZOO KEEPERS ARE BRINGING RELIEF. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE ANIMALS. FEELING THE HEAT AND THE. CREATIVE WAYS TO COOL OFF. TONIGHT, IN ZOOS ACROSS AMERICA, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US,

THEY'RE TRYING TO BEAT THE HEAT. AS TEMPERATURES RISE. AT THE HOUSTON ZOO, MEET. RAVIOLI, THEIR NORTH AMERICAN. RIVER OTTER. RACING FROM CORNER TO CORNER IN. HIS HABITAT'S POOL, KNOWING IT'S. DINNER TIME. AND THESE ELEPHANTS TAKING A DIP. IN THEIR POOL, TOO. THEIRS IS TEN FEET DEEP. ROJO THE SOUTH AMERICAN JAGUAR. CUB IS ENJOYING HIS FIRST SUMMER. AT THE ZOO, WITH A BITE OUT OF. AN ICY TREAT. AND OLIVE, THE GIANT ANTEATER,

CAREFULLY SPRAYED WITH A CHILLY. WATERFALL BY HER ZOOKEEPERS. THEY SAY THE WATER SOOTHES. OLIVE'S LONG SNOUT AND DENSE. FUR. FROM THE MILWAUKEE ZOO AND THE. COOL WATER FOR THE BEARS, TO THE. MEMPHIS ZOO AND THE MUD BATH FOR. THE GIANT TORTOISES. >> OH. >> Reporter: ZOOS TONIGHT SAYING. THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR BELOVED. ANIMALS COOL AND COMFORTABLE. WITH ACTIVITIES THAT ALSO KEEP. THEIR MINDS AND BODIES ENGAGED. THESE TWO OTTERS CARRYING BLOCKS. OF ICE UP STEPS AND DIVING INTO. THE WATER. THE FAMILIES VISITING LOVING THE.

SHOW. >> HE'S HOLDING IT! >> Whit: AND AT THE PHOENIX ZOO, THEY'RE MAKING SNOWMEN. FROM THE LIONS TO THE GIRAFFES, ALL TREATED TO MANMADE SNOW, AS. THIS WEATHER IS MAKING SO MANY. DESPERATE FOR WAYS TO COOL OFF. I THINK WE'RE ALL FEELING IT, TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND A REMINDER, THE ABC NEWS. SPECIAL "VERDICT: THE DIDDY. TRIAL" AIRS TONIGHT. AT 10 EST, GOODNIGHT.

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